West Brom v Chelsea: match preview
Frank Lampard will decide whether to hand Édouard Mendy his debut following a £22m move from Rennes but the Chelsea manager is unlikely to persist with Kepa Arrizabalaga, who is set to be dropped after a high-profile error in defeat to Liverpool last weekend. Willy Caballero started in goal as a much-changed side romped past Barnsley in the Carabao Cup in midweek, a game in which Thiago Silva made his Chelsea debut. Conor Gallagher is ineligible to face his parent club but Branislav Ivanovic could feature against the team where he won three Premier League titles after making his Albion debut in the Carabao Cup exit to Brentford in midweek. Ben Fisher
Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports Premier League
Venue The Hawthorns
Last season n/a
Referee Jon Moss
This season G1 Y3 R0 3 cards/game
Odds H 17-2 A 2-5 D 4-1
WEST BROM
Subs from Bond, Button, Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Grosicki, Austin, Harper, Ivanovic, Edwards, Peltier, Kipré, Hegazi, Field
Doubtful Grosicki (back), Hegazi (thigh), Robson-Kanu (knock)
Injured Zohore (calf, unknown)
Suspended Gibbs (first of three)
Ineligible Gallagher (parent club)
Discipline Y1 R1
Form LL
Leading scorers Diangana, Pereira 1
CHELSEA
Subs from Arrizabalaga, Mendy, Thiago Silva, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta, Chilwell, Emerson, Jorginho, Loftus-Cheek, Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Giroud
Doubtful None
Injured Pulisic (hamstring, 3 Oct), Ziyech (knee, 3 Oct), Gilmour (knee, 17 Oct), Van Ginkel (knee, unknown)
Suspended Christensen (one match)
Discipline Y0 R1
Form WL
Leading scorers James, Jorginho, Zouma 1
